Ah, comics.  Is there anything they can’t do?
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Let’s get to it!  These reviews aren’t going to write themselves!  (Although I’m sure some people - you know who you are! - think I let my two-year-old write these, someone is definitely sitting at the keyboard typing away!)
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Is it …?  Could it be …?  Why yes, it is!  It is!
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I’m back to normal this week in terms of purchases, and while not everything was good (yes, I bought another Winick book), some were very good.  Plus: am I buying books simply because I know they’re going to be cancelled soon?  Come with me and we’ll check them out!
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I should have figured the only way I could buy a small number of books is the fifth week of a month.  I started off buying four comics, but then a bunch arrived in the mail.  So it looks like a standard week, but didn’t make quite the dent in my wallet.

So let’s go under the fold for this week’s haul, including not one, but two comics drawn by Francesco Francavilla!  Man, that dude is everywhere!
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Why has May been such a huge month? I keep bankrupting the poor family! My kids are tired of walking everywhere because I can’t afford gas! Oh, the humanity!

But we have more important things to discuss. Like comics!
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Yet another big week, and I didn’t even buy the two long-delayed comics.  But let’s check out what I did purchase!
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No time to chat!  Lots of stuff below the fold!
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Not a lot of books today, but Welcome to Tranquility finished its first arc, which means I’m going to dissect the mystery.  This means plenty of SPOILERS below the fold.  I was very tempted to buy the last issue of 52 just to see what was what, but I didn’t.  So let’s check out what I got!
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Hey!  Let’s check out some comics!  Won’t that be fun?
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Not a bad week in the comics world, but once again I am called upon to defend the one purchase I make that makes everyone’s brain hurt.  Luckily, I’m up to the task!
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Well, this post is certainly late this week, isn’t it?  I apologize - my mother came to visit this week, and arrived on Thursday, so I’ve been doing stuff with her.  I mentioned that this weekend I would be in Tucson, but I bailed on that (we all need a break from the children once in a while!), so I have the whole house to myself until Monday morning.  Nothing but hookers and blow until then!!!!!

But before that, let’s check out the unbelievable number of comics I bought this week.  I purchased 15 pamphlets, plus read one I got in the mail.  Man, that’s a bunch of books!  I didn’t buy Optic Nerve or MOME, because I have not found them anywhere.  Phoenix is the fifth-largest city in the country, but in some ways it’s still a cowtown.  Maybe someday I’ll live near a comic book store that stocks some of the real indy stuff.  We’ll see!
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Definitely quality over quantity this week, as I bought only six books, but I will say that the comic that the readers picked for me was way freakin’ cool.  See more below the fold!
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A good chunk of books this week, including a mediocre offering from one of the best titles out there (surprisingly enough), plus the comic I bought based on what you guys told me.  And Dean Motter and Michael Lark have a comic this week!  Uh, except they’re not working on the same one together.  That would have been cool.  But let’s dig in!
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It was kind of an odd week in the world of comics.  Some very good stuff, but some stuff that made me wonder if I’m just missing the point.  Which, of course, I could very well be!
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